Funding through loans and equity

Don’t let your business stall through lack of funding. We can help.

We’ve created a suite of six funds totalling more than £185 million to help SMEs with high growth potential, like yours, to forge ahead.

The funds are part of our Access to Finance (PDF) initiative and offer a continuum of support, via loans and equity, to businesses of different sizes or at different stages of growth or development.

The funds are:

NI Small Business Loan Fund: £5m fund that provides unsecured loans to individuals, private companies and social enterprises in the small, medium and micro enterprise size range. For more information visit: nisblf.com

techstart NI (ERDF), Co-Fund NI II (ERDF) and the Development Funds (ERDF) are part financed by the European Regional Development Fund under the EU investment for Growth and Jobs Programme 2014-2020

Halo

Halo is the Northern Ireland Business angel network, a joint initiative between Invest NI and InterTradeIreland. The Halo programme provides a matching service between companies seeking investors and business angels.

HALO NI is a business angel network
aiming to connect high net worth individuals with businesses that are in need of angel investment to grow and realise their potential.

The HALO programme is a joint initiative between Invest Northern Ireland and IntertradeIreland. It works closely with Halo Business Angel Network (HBAN), the umbrella group for angel investing on the island of Ireland. HBAN’s primary objective is to establish business angel syndicates who will, over a period of time, invest in a number of high growth potential businesses.

If you are interested in making an angel investment or if you are a business that is seeking such investment, contact us for an application form and further details.